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Anyone get word about Drew at UCLA?
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hey volt, i think u should call jeff and ask him ur status. hell look u up and let u know when ull hear. just a suggestion if u havent already. but it will prolly take a while. good luck, memi
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Thanks docmemi. This Saturday will be 5 weeks since my interview so I will probably call Jeff after the 6 week mark and see what's up then. Thanks for the tip!!!!
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Hey bro,
I had problems with my old screen name, and I still have no idea what happened to that name. For some reason, it got scratched from sdn database or something. Because of that I decided to lay low for a while. I have been following you guys' post to the T tho.
By the way congrats on the Drew acceptance. My gut feeling tells me you have long chosen Case over drew. I kinda smell that but dont ask me how and why!
Proph...
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Looks like there hasn't been much activity on this particular thread. Has anyone who interviewed at Drew heard back? Any word on how many acceptances have been handed out so far?
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we know that 11 were sent out first (from calling and in previous posts here). i think/heard another batch of around 10ish might have been accepted. this leaves the total to about 21. not all those will attend. my conclusion---there will be a lot of waitlist movement this year!! i think those of you who are still waiting should call the adm office and confirm what i said or ask about your file. also, some other sdners may be able to say something about this (waitlist mvmt) from what they know from previous years.
hope that helps.
hope that helps.
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I also interviewed on Feb 28th. Being the impatient person that I am I called on last Wed and Mon to see what was up with my app. Jeff told me that our group went before the commitee last Wed. (3/31) and we should wait another 3 or 4 weeks (WHAT!!!!.....I can't take it any longer) But what else can we do can't force 'em to make a decision.
What row of couches were you on the day you interviewed, just curious to see if I met you or if we went on the tour together.
Brad
I also interviewed on Feb 28th. Being the impatient person that I am I called on last Wed and Mon to see what was up with my app. Jeff told me that our group went before the commitee last Wed. (3/31) and we should wait another 3 or 4 weeks (WHAT!!!!.....I can't take it any longer) But what else can we do can't force 'em to make a decision.
What row of couches were you on the day you interviewed, just curious to see if I met you or if we went on the tour together.
Brad
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This is absolutely ridiculous......I interviewed Jan 24th and still haven't heard anything from them. Everytime I call, Jeff says my file is probably still with the admissions committee. I am starting to wonder if their med school and hospital work just as inefficiently as their admissions.......and hence their problems.
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woohhh, relax mosfet. i understand your frustration. i think a lot of what happens with admissions is political, including how long they make people wait. im sure they know exactly what is going on and where everyone's file is, but they wont say. he was probably just told to say that. i hardly think they are really taking so long and are inefficient. they just got to do what they got to do. and it sux! i know!! i hate it.
good luck.
good luck.
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Well whatever the reason is.............I think, not responding 2.5 months after an interview is a little impolite. Atleast they could send me an email or a postcard saying that my file is still under review for X/Y reason......or something like that. But not responding at all???? That will probably frustrate anybody.
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Did you guys see the commercial for the law offices of Larry H. Parker asking for anyone who feels they were a victim of malpractice at King/Drew to give them a call? 
I swear, they are DESPERATE!
I swear, they are DESPERATE!
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Originally posted by AlreadyInDebt
Did you guys see the commercial for the law offices of Larry H. Parker asking for anyone who feels they were a victim of malpractice at King/Drew to give them a call?
thats funny.
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this might sound funny. but i think drew waitlists most, if not almost ALL, the applicants. then they choose from that. like i said, i think about 21 have been accepted so far. so in effect, drew mostly accepts people from the waitlist rather than immediately. it might sound a bit weird, but thats what seems to be happening and happened in the past. jalbs, any thoughts?
good luck all!
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It is my belief that docmemi is becoming the most prominent person here on SDN. He is trailing Jlee by a very small margin.
Either Docmemi has a lot of time to burn or he is trying to increase his number of post. Take this thread as an example. Almost every other post is by him.
It's all love baby,
proph...
Either Docmemi has a lot of time to burn or he is trying to increase his number of post. Take this thread as an example. Almost every other post is by him.
It's all love baby,
proph...
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LA Times...
LOS ANGELES
Interim CEO Selected for King/Drew
A turnaround consultant from Michigan will be given a one-year contract to fix problems plaguing the troubled medical center.
By Steve Hymon
Times Staff Writer
April 9, 2004
Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that they would hire a turnaround consultant to fix the many problems plaguing King/Drew Medical Center, including serious lapses in care that regulators say contributed to five patient deaths.
Anthony Jones, 46, and his employer, Superior Consulting of Southfield, Mich., will be given a one-year contract, worth a total of $466,800, for him to serve as the hospital's interim chief executive officer.
Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which oversees the public hospital, said they chose Jones based on his 15-year record of turning around troubled hospitals in Las Vegas; Memphis, Tenn.; Newark and Atlantic City, N.J.; and Flint, Mich.
Thomas Garthwaite, the health department director, sent a memo to the Board of Supervisors on Thursday stating his intent to hire Jones. The board is not expected to oppose the move.
"I was very impressed with the homework that he did prior to his interviews," Garthwaite said. "He had gone out of his way to find data, and he used it to try to understand what was going on with the medical center and to try to form strategies" to fix it.
The health department took over management of the hospital in October. Garthwaite said the decision was made to recruit an interim chief executive because the hospital's problems were so pressing that they might deter anyone from applying for a job as a permanent CEO.
Jones probably would start in early May. He said that he has yet to set foot in King/Drew, but that he drove past the hospital on his one visit to Los Angeles this winter.
The consultant said he still must work out some issues with the county, such as whether he will have the power to fire people. He said that removing problem employees had a positive impact at other hospitals where he has worked.
"At one place we had to turn over a lot of the staff, in another we had to turn over some staff," Jones said. "All of the problems you're naming now are not new; I've seen them before. They are familiar. The only question is how do you go about solving it?"
Jones said his early impression of the hospital is that quality of patient care remains the most significant concern. He also said "there are leadership issues."
Asked what he could do about the culture of the hospital, Jones said: "I don't want to pretend that I remotely know what the culture is specifically, but my position as a healthcare administrator is to go in and build a culture of excellence and high performance.
"I've looked at all of the financial information and a lot of the human resource issues, and I feel like I have a good fix where they are and where they need to go."
Jones will be stepping into a charged atmosphere at King/Drew, which has been in turmoil for much of the last year. The hospital, in Willowbrook south of Watts, was built in the early 1970s to serve impoverished, largely minority neighborhoods.
In January, federal inspectors concluded that nurses were told by their bosses to lie about patients' conditions and patients were often unattended for hours. Such negligence, inspectors concluded, contributed to five patient deaths last year.
In addition, the hospital's cardiac monitoring ward was shut down when hospital officials discovered that some staff members could not read the monitors, which display patients' vital signs. Two residency training programs have been terminated by a national accrediting group.
County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, whose district includes the hospital, said she had not yet met Jones.
Burke said Jones would have to comply with county regulations about firing people, which provide opportunities for appeal.
Most workers at the hospital are covered by civil-service protections and many are also members of Local 660 of the Service Employees International Union, which has a separate grievance process for employees who feel they've been unfairly treated.
"But if a person is not doing their job or they do not have the qualifications, he is in position to transfer them, and he can put it in the personnel file," Burke said.
She noted that important information about employees was often not placed in their files in the past. "If those things would have been complied with, those people would be gone," she said.
A problem over the years has been the hospital's unwillingness to discipline employees and inability to fire them.
Union officials, however, said they welcomed reform.
"I have to say that until now, our members are by and large happy with the changes that have been instituted at King/Drew," said Mark Tarnawsky, the union's communications director.
He added that employees have "been complaining for years about management at the hospital, the short staffing the managers did nothing about. I suppose an individual worker who is not up to snuff may have something to worry about, but by and large our people have welcomed the changes and are hoping that the hospital will be turned around."
Jones has stepped into controversy before. While in the running for the presidency of St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit in 2000, he became embroiled in a dispute that took on racial overtones.
Jones, who is African American, was initially selected for the job by a hospital search committee. He would have been the first black president of the hospital.
But that decision was reversed by the hospital's board of trustees, who wanted to hire another candidate, who was white and a veteran executive at the hospital.
The board of trustees of St. John Health System, which oversees the hospital, then stepped in and chose Jones. About 10 of the hospital's board members resigned in protest.
Jones remained on the job for 18 months before resigning.
"We went in and did a lot of great things, but there were still a lot of people who didn't feel great about me being there," Jones said. "Sometimes you can walk on water and they can still reject you. Not to say I was walking on water by any stretch, but I could see where I could do everything that was needed and appropriate and they will still not be happy."
LOS ANGELES
Interim CEO Selected for King/Drew
A turnaround consultant from Michigan will be given a one-year contract to fix problems plaguing the troubled medical center.
By Steve Hymon
Times Staff Writer
April 9, 2004
Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that they would hire a turnaround consultant to fix the many problems plaguing King/Drew Medical Center, including serious lapses in care that regulators say contributed to five patient deaths.
Anthony Jones, 46, and his employer, Superior Consulting of Southfield, Mich., will be given a one-year contract, worth a total of $466,800, for him to serve as the hospital's interim chief executive officer.
Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which oversees the public hospital, said they chose Jones based on his 15-year record of turning around troubled hospitals in Las Vegas; Memphis, Tenn.; Newark and Atlantic City, N.J.; and Flint, Mich.
Thomas Garthwaite, the health department director, sent a memo to the Board of Supervisors on Thursday stating his intent to hire Jones. The board is not expected to oppose the move.
"I was very impressed with the homework that he did prior to his interviews," Garthwaite said. "He had gone out of his way to find data, and he used it to try to understand what was going on with the medical center and to try to form strategies" to fix it.
The health department took over management of the hospital in October. Garthwaite said the decision was made to recruit an interim chief executive because the hospital's problems were so pressing that they might deter anyone from applying for a job as a permanent CEO.
Jones probably would start in early May. He said that he has yet to set foot in King/Drew, but that he drove past the hospital on his one visit to Los Angeles this winter.
The consultant said he still must work out some issues with the county, such as whether he will have the power to fire people. He said that removing problem employees had a positive impact at other hospitals where he has worked.
"At one place we had to turn over a lot of the staff, in another we had to turn over some staff," Jones said. "All of the problems you're naming now are not new; I've seen them before. They are familiar. The only question is how do you go about solving it?"
Jones said his early impression of the hospital is that quality of patient care remains the most significant concern. He also said "there are leadership issues."
Asked what he could do about the culture of the hospital, Jones said: "I don't want to pretend that I remotely know what the culture is specifically, but my position as a healthcare administrator is to go in and build a culture of excellence and high performance.
"I've looked at all of the financial information and a lot of the human resource issues, and I feel like I have a good fix where they are and where they need to go."
Jones will be stepping into a charged atmosphere at King/Drew, which has been in turmoil for much of the last year. The hospital, in Willowbrook south of Watts, was built in the early 1970s to serve impoverished, largely minority neighborhoods.
In January, federal inspectors concluded that nurses were told by their bosses to lie about patients' conditions and patients were often unattended for hours. Such negligence, inspectors concluded, contributed to five patient deaths last year.
In addition, the hospital's cardiac monitoring ward was shut down when hospital officials discovered that some staff members could not read the monitors, which display patients' vital signs. Two residency training programs have been terminated by a national accrediting group.
County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, whose district includes the hospital, said she had not yet met Jones.
Burke said Jones would have to comply with county regulations about firing people, which provide opportunities for appeal.
Most workers at the hospital are covered by civil-service protections and many are also members of Local 660 of the Service Employees International Union, which has a separate grievance process for employees who feel they've been unfairly treated.
"But if a person is not doing their job or they do not have the qualifications, he is in position to transfer them, and he can put it in the personnel file," Burke said.
She noted that important information about employees was often not placed in their files in the past. "If those things would have been complied with, those people would be gone," she said.
A problem over the years has been the hospital's unwillingness to discipline employees and inability to fire them.
Union officials, however, said they welcomed reform.
"I have to say that until now, our members are by and large happy with the changes that have been instituted at King/Drew," said Mark Tarnawsky, the union's communications director.
He added that employees have "been complaining for years about management at the hospital, the short staffing the managers did nothing about. I suppose an individual worker who is not up to snuff may have something to worry about, but by and large our people have welcomed the changes and are hoping that the hospital will be turned around."
Jones has stepped into controversy before. While in the running for the presidency of St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit in 2000, he became embroiled in a dispute that took on racial overtones.
Jones, who is African American, was initially selected for the job by a hospital search committee. He would have been the first black president of the hospital.
But that decision was reversed by the hospital's board of trustees, who wanted to hire another candidate, who was white and a veteran executive at the hospital.
The board of trustees of St. John Health System, which oversees the hospital, then stepped in and chose Jones. About 10 of the hospital's board members resigned in protest.
Jones remained on the job for 18 months before resigning.
"We went in and did a lot of great things, but there were still a lot of people who didn't feel great about me being there," Jones said. "Sometimes you can walk on water and they can still reject you. Not to say I was walking on water by any stretch, but I could see where I could do everything that was needed and appropriate and they will still not be happy."
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To anybody who knows:
Not everybody's App. makes it over to UCLA.........right????? So if it's at UCLA it's a good thing??????
Not everybody's App. makes it over to UCLA.........right????? So if it's at UCLA it's a good thing??????
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Sup Brad.
I am not sure if all files go to UCLA as well.....it may be a good thing that a file goes to UCLA or it may be not be. Have you asked Ms. Hall about this?
I am not sure if all files go to UCLA as well.....it may be a good thing that a file goes to UCLA or it may be not be. Have you asked Ms. Hall about this?
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U heard any news from any other schools????? The wait is killing me.
U heard any news from any other schools????? The wait is killing me.
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Nothing yet Brad. Any word from any other schools for you? The wait is also killing me. I run to the mailbox after work everyday and check my email a million times and hope for the best. Just hang in there and stay positive!!!! I wish you the very best. 🙂
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NADA!!!!! I've only had 1 interview since Drew @ Wayne St. But I got 2 more in the next 2 weeks so that means at least a month or two more of waiting.
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Thanks......Finch & SLU. Kinda worried though cause it's a little late in the game. But it's better that no interviews
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Thanks,
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anyone called recently???????????????? 
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wassup Drew hopefuls, I know we all are in the same boat, waiting and waiting but hopefully we will hear something soon. I remeber reading from the post interview process, all interviewed files go to ucla after they are voted upon at drew, the ucla's executive committee votes and returns it to drew ranked. The upper ranked are accepted and lower rejected, middle waitlisted. I don't know if they really are rejecting post interview.
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verbal-
when did U interview????
when did U interview????
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I think I might try and call again at the end of the week
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Yeah I was there with both of you guys on the 28th. Large group on that day.
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Not yet, and I have not called yet either. Does calling help at all? I think I'll just wait and see. They said atleast 6 weeks so we should hear anytime now on. Hopefully all is well. Drew is my number 1 choice so hopefully they make it happen.
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calling helps. he will tell you your status and usually where your app is. its a very small place...he may even mention to them that you called. i think you should. mention you have a strong interest in drew. good luck.
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I will be emailing Drew I think this friday and after saturday I will begin calling them. Can we call Dr. Aguilera or do we have to call Ms. Hall? What do you guys think?
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